Trolley for carrying bales of cotton.



PATENTED AOG. 13, 1907.

J. R. PORDYGB. TROLLEY FOR CARRYING BALES OP COTTON.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 21. 1906.

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JOHN R. FORDYCE, OF LITTLE ROOK, ARKANSAS.

TROLLEY FOR CARRYING BALES OF COTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed November 2l, 1906. Serial NO- 344.444.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. FORDYCE, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arkansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trolleys for Carrying Bales oi Ootton, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part Voi this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing a trolley or conveyer embodying the features oi my invention in operative position on a track, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

This invention relates to devices or carrying bales oi cotton.

The object oi my invention is to provide a trolley or conveyer oi simple construction, having means or supporting a bale oi cotton in an elevated position.

Referring to the drawings which represent the preierred form oi my invention, 1 designates grooved wheels or rollers which are journaled in a rame 2, said rollers being designed to travel on a track 3. A bar 4 projects downwardly from the irame 2 and extends beneath the track to prevent the conveyer from jumping oft the track. A member or supporting a bale oi cotton is connected to the frame oi the trolley and consists of a yoke 5, the upper cross-piece oi which rests in an inclined slot Jformed in a downwardly projecting lug 6 on that portion of the bar 4 which extends beneath the track. Preferably, the yoke 5 consists of a continuous bar of iron bent into the form shown in Fig. 2 and having its lower cross-piece curved slightly to conform to the curvature of the side oi the bale. A hook 7 is ulerumed on the upper cross-piece oi the yoke 5 ior engaging one end of the bale 8 supported by the yoke, the lower cross-piece of the yoke being provided with pointed projections or teeth 9 which eX- tend into the bale and prevent it from shifting in the yoke.

To place a bale of cotton on the trolley, the bale is moved under the track and in alinement with the yoke, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, the lower cross-piece of the yoke being located below the center oi the bale. The bale can then be tilted upwardly on the lower cross-piece oi the yoke as a iulcrum until it assumes a horizontal position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1 and the hook 7 then engages the upper end oi the bale to retain it in its horizontal position. A conveyer oi this description comprises very iew parts sothat it can be manufactured cheaply and as a bale can be placed in the yoke or removed therefrom with very little trouble, it forms a very eflicient device for carrying bales oi cotton. Another desirable ieature oi such a construction is that the supporting device can be disconnected from the frame oi the trolley by simply lifting the yoke out oi the slot in the lug 6.

Instead of standing the bale on its end underneath the track, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, and then tilting it into the yoke oi the conveyer, 1 can use a device or holding it in a horizontal position just a trie higher than the lower cross-piece oi the yoke so that when the conveyer comes along it will automatically pick up the bale.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A trolley or conveyer for carrying bales of cotton, consisting of a frame, a yoke-shaped member supported by said frame, and a device for engaging one end of the bale to hold it in a horizontal position in the yoke; substan` tially as described.

2. A trolley or conveyer for carrying bales of cotton, consisting of a frame provided with wheels adapted to travel on a track, a yoke removably connected to said frame for receiving a bale of cotton, and a hook pivotally connected to the upper cross-piece of the yoke for engaging one end ot' the bale to hold it in a horizontal position; substantially as described.

3. A trolley or conveyer for carrying` bales of cotton, consisting of a frame provided with Wheels adapted to travel on a track, a bar depending from said frame and having a horizontal portion which projects laterally beneath the track on which the conveyer travels, a lug on said horizontal portion provided with an inclined slot, a yoke consisting of a continuous strap of iron mounted in said inclined slot and adapted to support a bale of cotton, and a hook journaled in the upper cross-piece of the yoke for engaging one end of the bale to hold it in a horizontal position; subtantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afx my signature in the presence or' two witnesses, this 30 day of October 1906.

JOHN R. FORDYCE.

Witnesses:

COLUMBUS Binnen, A. G. CRAWFORD. 

